Tag: city

Lisbon: A photographer’s dream destination. We got home yesterday from a 5-day city break to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. It is one of the most fascinating cities I’ve ever visited, with a surprise around every corner. Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, and the oldest in Western Europe, predating other Read more about A Tuk Tuk on the Tram Tracks[…]

The Maltese nobility assembles within these walls! And how I’d love to be a fly on the wall when they do! This ancient Palazzo in the 16th century fortified city of Mdina, also known as the Silent City, is now a 5-star hotel called XARA PALACE. We nipped inside for a look under the Read more about Within the Walls of the Ancient Palazzo[…]

There’s not much in the Mediterranean island of Malta which isn’t ablaze with colour. This will show in all my next posts about the island. But as this week’s CFF Challenge is “All in One Colour”, here’s a few (fairly) monochromatic iPhone shots from our trip there. We only got back last night, so the Read more about Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.[…]

My photograph this week for Thursday Doors was taken in 2005, many digital cameras ago. On my trip to Venice that year I had a Sony digital camera which took a Memory Stick with a capacity of, I think, 64Mb (and that was near the top of the range !). It was interesting to look Read more about Venetian Door[…]

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Bright Lights, Big City by American bluesman Jimmy Reed is playing on Apple Music on my laptop just now. Classic 12-bar blues! It was music of a different genre which took us to the Quays Theatre at the Lowry Centre in Salford the other night. We were lucky enough to get tickets for Opera North’s Read more about Bright Lights, Big City[…]